Meet Cynthia Share this Article Cynthia Colindres had always lived an active lifestyle, so when she found herself clutching a light pole, struggling to catch her breath at the end of her U.S Postal Service route, she didn’t know what to think. After ruling out other causes, doctors surmised Colindres might have COVID. But the San […]
Share this Article When David Chavez graduated from the one-year St. Anthony’s residential recovery program in San Francisco, his gift from St. Anthony’s was a lead on a studio apartment in the Tenderloin. It would be the first place of his own: He was 27 and had spent his adult life living in the crowded […]
Meet Fay Share this Article For the last two decades, since she closed her Berkeley restaurant Caribbean Spice, Fay Hintzen has watched her body break down “bit by bit.” As she aged, her disability payments covered a modest one-bedroom apartment. In 2024, Hintzen’s doctor advised that she upgrade to a two-bedroom place to accommodate a […]
Desirea Crystal Avery remembers the moment her life came crashing down. One minute, she was carrying a rack of drink syrups to the back room of the Starbucks where she worked. The next, she was slipping on a piece of ice, falling backward and hitting her head on the floor. All she could think was, […]
After a 30-year career as a preschool teacher, Marie’s life changed dramatically following a workplace injury and a subsequent car accident, leaving her in chronic pain and unable to work. Living on a fixed income, she found herself trapped in a pest-infested Daly City apartment, unable to afford the deposit for a new place. With assistance from Season of Sharing Fund, Marie secured a clean, safe apartment in South San Francisco, finding comfort and stability amidst her ongoing health challenges.
Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article For more than two decades Horace Montgomery, a 69-year-old Vietnam veteran and two-time Purple Heart recipient, used his VA benefits and modest earnings from his reggae singing career to cover the rent on a San Jose bungalow. Then, suddenly, he received an eviction notice in July as well […]
Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article Raymond Fiuren is an optimist. He makes friends easily, and their photos cover the walls of his cozy apartment. He loves his job as an aide at a San Rafael elementary school so much that, when talking about it, his eyes well with emotion. He cheerily ticks off […]
Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article Jaime Ramirez’s life was forever changed in the early days of 2023, when his firstborn child was born three months earlier than expected. The premature birth of his daughter Maria led to major health challenges: Her esophagus wasn’t fully connected. Her lungs were abnormally small. For months, she […]
Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article Cars packed the parking lot at the Monument Crisis Center in Concord by 9:30 a.m. on a recent autumn morning, just half an hour after food distribution began. Local residents trundled utility carts across the pavement, ferrying fresh fruit, frozen chicken and pantry staples to their vehicles. Around […]
Explore OurStories of Hope Share this Article Juan Ramon Alvarado Lopez and his three children frequently visit their favorite park near their Calistoga home. It’s where they decompress after a long week of work and school. These trips are also a time to remember the children’s late mother, Leticia, who died of colon cancer this […]
